Kathmandu. Lawmakers have said that although legal arrangements have been made in a timely manner to resolve the existing land dispute in the country, some provisions have raised doubts.
Taking part in the discussion on the proposal to consider the ‘Bill to amend some Nepal Acts related to land, 2082 BS’, the lawmakers of the ruling party said that the government was making legal arrangements to solve the problems related to land and positive provisions have been made in it.
Opposition lawmakers, however, expressed apprehension that the bill would create a situation where agricultural land would be unnecessarily plotted and sold.
Participating in the discussion, lawmaker Sushila Shirpali Thakuri objected to the provisions of the bill. He alleged that the bill has created a situation where agricultural land can be sold by plotting it unnecessarily.
Rupasosi Chaudhary alleged that the bill has been introduced in a way that suits the entrepreneurs who are involved in the construction of apartments and big businesses. Lawmaker Ranendra Baraili argued that the anti-people provision has been included in the bill by giving a new form to the ordinance after strong opposition to it.
Lawmaker Metmani Chaudhary said that although some provisions in the bill were expected to provide relief to the landless, the theoretical aspect of the bill was wrong. He stressed that the land should be in the name of the state and it should be provided to the people on the basis of need.
Damodar Poudel Bairagi said the bill provides for giving land to landless Dalits, providing housing, providing land to the landless and providing land to those who did not have land titles. He said that provision has been made in the bill to keep the people living in a haphazard manner in a safe place.
Lal Prasad Sanwa Limbu said the bill was useful to the people and timely and urged not to oppose it in the name of protest. Lawmaker Saharaj Ahmed stressed the need for the bill to play a role in resolving the problems such as classification of cultivable land due to unclear system.
Lawmaker Saraswati Subba said the bill has been brought with the aim of streamlining landless Dalits, disorganized settlers and scattered settlements. Lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh alleged that the legal provision was being made with the aim of distributing the resources and resources of the state.
Lawmaker Manish Jha said there was plenty of room for doubt in the bill due to the giribandhu land scam, Gokarna resort and other developments.
Lawmaker Rajendra Prasad Pandey said that the bill has been brought for the benefit of apartment owners and big land owners rather than to solve the problems of real squatters. Sumana Shrestha said that due to excessive monetization of land, no common man can imagine that there will be houses in urban areas.
Hitraj Pandey said that it should be sent to the concerned committee for wider discussion. Stating that the facts have confirmed that the bill has been brought for the benefit of a limited number of people, he said that it should be passed only after extensive discussions with the concerned parties.
Mahesh Kumar Bartola said the bill aims to provide land to around 1.2 million landless Dalit communities. According to him, the government has presented the bill on the basis of need as no problem related to land will be solved if legal arrangements are not made.
Lawmakers Surya Prasad Dhakal, Bijula Rayamajhi, Ranju Kumari Jha, Narayani Sharma, Tsering Damdul Lama Bhote, Ammar Bahadur Thapa, Achyut Prasad Mainali, Shiva Nepali, Achyut Prasad Mainali, Durga Rai, Prem Suwal, Meena Tamang, Prem Bahadur Maharjan, Ganesh Parajuli, Rekha Yadav, Ammar Bahadur Rayamajhi, AmanLal Modi, Gyanu Basnet Subedi, Dr Chanda Karki, Deepa Sharma, Tsering Lhamu Lama Tamang and Lekhnath Dahal expressed their views on the principle side of the bill.
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